372 Records of the Indian Museum. |_Vol. XXII, 



Remarks. — Fairly common in August, 1919, but since then it 

 has Ijecome rather scarce. 



Curetis phaedrus, Fab. (988, as tJielis). 



1907. Curetis thetis, Bing., torn, cit., p. 437, text-fig. 930 and 934. 

 1910-11. Curetis tlietys, Swin., torn. cit.. p. 239, pi. 698, figs, i, cf , la. 



?. 16, cf, ic, larva and pupa ( nat. size), \d, larva and pupa. 



with brush on i?th seg. extruded and enlarged. 

 1915. Curetis phaedrus, Chapman, l\ov. Zonl. XXll, p. 88. pi. 3, and 



pi. 18, tig. /S, fig. 7 ; appendages, pi. 13, figs. 62 — 68. 



Barkuda, i5-22-vii-i6 {Gravely); 9-i5-viii-i9 ; ii-xii-19; 

 ii-iv-20. 



Hab. — South India, Ceylon, Bombay, Balai, Malabar. 



Remarks. — In his analysis of the genus Curetis published in 

 Novitates Zoologicae, Dr. Chapman separates thetis and phaedrus 

 mainly on genital differences. The superficial differences are 

 slight and are enumerated by him on page 85 of his paper and by 

 Bingham on page 439 of the "Fauna." It is a fairly common 

 butterfly on the island. 



Curetis bulls, Db. and Hew.' (9S8). 



1907. Curetis bulis, Bing., torn, cit., p. 441, text-fig. 95. 



1910-11. Curetis bulis, Swin., torn, cit., p. 244, pi. 699, figs. 2. cT, 2a, 



2,2b, o" {bulis iorm) ; 3, a", 3(7, ?, 36, cf (discalis form). 

 1915. Curetis brulis, Chap, op cit.. p. 95, pi. 3, fig. 5 ; appendages, 



pis. 6 and 7. figs. 31-40. 



Barkuda, i5-22-vii-i6 {Gravely). 



Hah. — India and Upper Burma. 



Remarks. — Col. Evans tells us that it is somewhat curious 

 that bulis and phaedrus were taken together, as they do not fly in 

 company as a rule. In Pachmari only bulis is found, in South 

 India only phaedrus. The south end of the Chilka I^ake probably 

 represents the boundary of the range of these two species Both 

 are usually found on, or near, the pea Croiolaria striata, which 

 grows in cleared land. 



Aphnaeus vulcanus, Fab. (989). 



1S90. Aphnaeus vulcanus, Ue Xic, Butt. Ind. ill, p. 349. 

 1911-12. Apltnaeus vulcanus, Swin., Lep. Ind. IX, p. 158, pi. 733, figs. 

 I, (f, la, 9, lb, d" , ic, larva and pupa. 



Barkuda, iS-viii-ig. ii-iv-20. 



Hab. — Sikkim. vSouth India and Ceylon. 



Remarks. — Rather scarce. 



Iraota timoleon, StoU. (990). 



l8go. Iraota timoleon, l)e Xic, torn, cit., p. 2 13, pi. xxvii, figs. 192 

 and 193. 



1 Dr. Chapman gives the authors' names as Db. and \\'est., though the 

 species is generally supposed to have been described by Db. and Hew., Gen. 

 Diurn. Lep. .-Vs we have been un.able to verify Dr. Chapman's statements we ha\e 

 followed general opinion and given the authors' names as Db. and Hew. 



